Full name | Haydn James Mainwaring | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 June 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 12 September 2018 | (aged 85)||||||||||||||||
School | Bishop Gore School | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Haydn James Mainwaring (10 June 1933 — 12 September 2018) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Mainwaring was born in Swansea and educated at Bishop Gore School. [1]
A versatile back, Mainwaring played with Swansea, Royal Navy, London Welsh, Harlequins and Newport. He also made several Barbarians appearances, mostly famously as a fullback against the touring 1961 Springboks, with his try-saving shoulder charge on Avril Malan helping secure a 6–0 win. [2] His tackle was described in the press as "like a comet burying itself into earth". [3] He won his solitary Wales cap as a centre in a 1961 Five Nations match against France in Paris. [4]
Full name | Haydn James Mainwaring | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 June 1933 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 12 September 2018 | (aged 85)||||||||||||||||
School | Bishop Gore School | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Haydn James Mainwaring (10 June 1933 — 12 September 2018) was a Welsh international rugby union player.
Mainwaring was born in Swansea and educated at Bishop Gore School. [1]
A versatile back, Mainwaring played with Swansea, Royal Navy, London Welsh, Harlequins and Newport. He also made several Barbarians appearances, mostly famously as a fullback against the touring 1961 Springboks, with his try-saving shoulder charge on Avril Malan helping secure a 6–0 win. [2] His tackle was described in the press as "like a comet burying itself into earth". [3] He won his solitary Wales cap as a centre in a 1961 Five Nations match against France in Paris. [4]